Book of Acts
Bible Study Lessons - Course B

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with Examples of Conversion

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Conclusion of Trip #3 -
Acts 20:13-23:10

Lesson 5

*1* Why was Paul
hurrying to reach Jerusalem? Answer: Paul wanted to be in
Jerusalem for .

*2* Whom did he call to meet him at Miletus? Answer: He
called to him the of the church at Ephesus.

*3&4* In what circumstances had Paul taught (v20)?
Answer: He taught and from .

*5&6* What was predicted would happen to him in
Jerusalem? Answer: and awaited
him in Jerusalem.

*7* How much of God's word had he taught? (a) some, (b)
most, (c) none, (d) the whole counsel of God. Answer: .

*8* In what position were these men placed in the church?
Answer: The Holy Spirit had made them .

*9* What price did God pay to purchase the church? Answer:
Jesus purchased the church with His .

*10* What should the elders watch for? (a) wolves, (b)
teachers of perverse things, (c) those who draw away
disciples, (d) all the preceding. Answer: .

*11* Read 1 Peter 5:1-3. What flock do a group of elders
oversee? (a) all the local churches throughout a diocese, (b)
the flock among them or entrusted to their care, (c) all
congregations in the world, (d) it does not say. Answer: .

*12&13* What did Jesus teach about giving? Answer: It
is more blessed to than to .

*14* Why was Paul's departure from the elders especially
sad? Answer: They grieved because they would never see again.

*15* What warning did disciples at Tyre give to Paul? (a)
none, (b) not to go to Jerusalem, (c) to repent of his sins,
(d) all the preceding. Answer: .

*16* How did Paul's company separate from the disciples at
Tyre? Answer: They knelt on the shore and .

*17* In whose home did they stay in Caesarea? (a)
Philip's, (b) Paul's, (c) Peter's, (d) disciples could not
own homes. Answer: .

*18* How did Agabus demonstrate Paul's coming
imprisonment? Answer: He bound himself with Paul's .

*19&20* What did the church leaders say people thought
Paul taught? Answer: Some thought Paul taught people not to their
children or follow (Jewish) .

*21* What did they recommend Paul do as a solution? Answer:
Paul should join some men who were completing their of
purification.

*22* What accusations did Asian Jews make against Paul? (a)
he opposed the people, (b) he opposed the law, (c) he opposed
the temple, (d) he brought a Greek into the temple, (e) all
the preceding. Answer: .

*23* Who rescued Paul? (a) the disciples, (b) the church
elders, (c) the commander of the Roman soldiers, (d) all the
preceding. Answer: .

*24* How had Paul treated Christians before his
conversion? Answer: He had Christians, binding and
imprisoning them.

*25* Who had appeared to him on the road to Damascus?
Answer: had
appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus.

*26* When were Paul's sins washed away? (a) before
baptism, (b) the moment he believed, (c) when he had been
baptized. Answer: .

*27* Why had Paul later left Jerusalem to preach to
Gentiles? Answer: The Lord told Paul this in a while
Paul was in the temple.

*28* How did the commander intend to examine Paul? Answer:
He intended to Paul.

*29* How did Paul protect himself and avoid this
mistreatment? Answer: Paul informed them that he was a .

*30* Paul had lived his life with what kind of conscience?
(a) bad, (b) good, (c) guilty, (d) seared, (e) all the
preceding. Answer: .

*31* What did Paul say that caused dissension in the
council? Answer: He was on trial because of his hope in the of the dead.

*32* What did Sadducees believe that Pharisees denied?
Answer: Sadducees disbelieved in the .

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*33* Do you believe in independent local churches led by
qualified elders, or in centralized organizations?

*34* Were you baptized with the understanding that your
sins would be washed away when you were baptized?

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